butt hinge
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- noun
- /bʌt hɪndʒ/
- Specialized
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bisagra de mortaja
- To install the door, I purchased sturdy butt hinges that fit flush with the frame.
Examples
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The carpenter installed a new butt hinge on the door.
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Most interior doors are fitted using a standard butt hinge for smooth opening and closing.
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After years of use, the butt hinge had become rusty and needed replacement.
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The carpenter installed a butt hinge to secure the new wooden door in place.
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I need to buy some butt hinges for the cabinet.
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Make sure to use a chisel to create the right space for the butt hinges in the door.
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The cabinet doors swing smoothly thanks to the high-quality butt hinges attached to them.
Synonyms
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A piece of metal or plastic that connects a door to its frame and lets it turn
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Morphology
The noun-noun compound directly combines 'butt' (a simple end-to-end join) with 'hinge' (a metal joint), so its meaning — a hinge used for a butt/flush joint in a door — is compositionally predictable. This is a straightforward technical compound rather than an idiom, so a learner who knows both constituent senses can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun butt hinge may come from the word butt, which once meant the 'end' of something. A butt hinge is a hinge set into the edge of a door and its frame so the two parts sit level, and that's why the name means this kind of door hinge.